Germantown Academy - Ye Primer Yearbook (Fort Washington, PA)

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CLASS PROPHECY S DUSK falls on the great metropohs we set out on the overmght Journey ln order to make a tour of mspectlon at Camp Ogohome the great mllltary center located on the lush banks of the swxftly Howlng Gonowhere River at no great dlstance from the town of Weknownotwhere After a long and sleepless rlde we wearlly make our way through the 1vy covered portlcoes of thls magnificent slte unchallenged by the sleeping sentry Llghtnmg Harry lVlcDev1tt Whxle the clammy mxst of the dawn slowly satu rates our clothmg maklng us shlver wlth the cold we are startled from our reverle by a mud covered flash ln the form of Sleepy Tutt whose amazmg vltallty has earned hlm the task of waklng the bugler Soon the warm golden notes of Blower Smyth s bugle floatmg alrlly over the camp suddenly transform It lnto a scene of actlvlty as somnam bulant men wend their way toward the parade grounds to be put through a vlgorous routme of callsthemcs by the able camp physical dlrector Atlas Carothers After re turmng and dressmg for the day s actxvltres they partake of the mormng repast which has been prepared by that culmary artlst of current fame Pots Darrow There follows a dlllgent mspectlon of the spotlessly clean tents conducted by that Flawless ohn Henkels Engrossed by sight of act1v1ty we do not at first notice the approach of our host for the day Llttle General FTlCk the dynamlc commandant of the camp and hls orderly Yard Blrd Yeabsley a rookre to whom he mtrusts the cannon report and slmllarly lmportant detalls As the gemal general leads us to the parade ground to watch mornmg drill the martial a1r of a mllltary band makes us quicken our pace Among thls conglomeratlon of flrst rate muslclans we recogmze Sllky Safrm the hlgh stepping drum major leading the procession ln the body of the band we find Gut bucket Cahall and Drumstlck Stulb beating out the measured cadence for the marchmg corps whrle Hot Llps Farr adds that extra touch wlth hls melodxous clarlnet and lcky Stanton drowns out a large percentage of all the racket wlth hrs sax At length above the strams of the receding muslc we hear the bellowmg of Drill Sergeant Lungs Baird shout mg commands to the deafened prlvates ln the otherwls umform ranks we notice the source of his lrrxtatlon Blff Ruggxe who xn place of a rxfle carries a vlolm case We learn that Blff cannot get accustomed to carrying a gun legally Glad to get away from thls confusion we stroll lelsurely through other parts of the camp ln passmg the guard house we notlce peerlng from the barred wmdows Lawless Walt Yeager charged with breaklng nearly every regulatlon m the book A short distance from the guard house we find the mhrmary Upon mspectlon of thrs Sawbones Palace we learn that the only Inmates are A W O L Donnelly who rs recuperatlng from the mght before and Dynamlte Roper the general s number one messenger boy who re turned from his last mlsslon wlth a severe case of flat feet These unfortunate souls are under the constant and careful supervlslon of the world renowned doctor Kxller Cun mngham From this locatron our noses guide us to the pleasant and alry stables where we are not too surprlsed to see Slxnger lVlacBr1de and hrs assxstant who cares personally for the army s mules Tosser Al Snyder At the suggestion of the general we decide that our party should make a vlslt to the rifle range sltuated a short dlstance to the south of the camp Durmg our trlp ln the army truck driven by Goofy Landes who hopes by thls act to escape the houndmg drlll ser geant we come upon the officers cottages Here those handy household helpers Grand pa Boerner and Daddy Johansen consclentlously ply thelr chores whlle the chlldren tag merrlly at thelr heels Under the shade of a nearby tree Pretty Boy Lewis Cutter sleeps sweetly dreammg of his mght s actlvltles as the camp s hostess director After lonfznued on page 4' 48 1 1 - 1 ' 1 H . . 11 . . . 1 1 - u 11 - - - . ' 1 - u 11 1 . , , , . 1 . . . . . U ,, 1 - ' . . , . . . . . 1 - - u 11 , . 1 u 11 - - - - J - 1 n - 11 - - 1 1 - u - 11 . . 1 1 ' 1 1 . . . . . . H . ,, . . ' 1 1 - - - - u 11 1 - ' u - 11 - - 1 1 - xr - 1.1 - - - - ra rr 1 - 1 . . . . . ,, ,, . 1 1 ' - 1 . . . . U . ,, . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 - u - 11 1 1 . . . . U ,, - 1 1 1 , . - - - - u 11 1 - , - u 11 - - . . . . , - u - 11 1 1 1 1 . - - u - 11 1 1 1 1 . U . ,, . . . 1 1 u 11 , . 1 , . . 41 11 . . . , - 1 u 1 - 1 ' 11 u 11 - - - - - 1 1 - - u 11 - . , ' . . . , . . . , . C ' ' . Y-7

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to us that year was the trxp to Washlngton durmg the Sprung Vacatlon Besides learnmg much about our great Capital we also had a roarlng good tlme and me doubt that the hotel manager would ever let us darken those thresholds agam Havmg been dropped from the posrtlon of commanders of the Lower School to that of buck prxvates of the Upper School we sad y reallzed how far lmportance was from our grasp On the first day of school two new members Blll Carothers and Bob Donnelly appeared and lmpressed us wlth thelr phys cal prowess At the same time we were definitely set back by Mr Heuer s remarks when he gave us our rosters During the fall the memorable I05 s made up largely of our Class won the champxonshlp without a single defeat and were subsequently honored wlth gold footballs at the Father and Son Banquet ln l937 Ted Hexdenrelch Jomed the class and ohn Henkels lm lVlacBr1de and Speed Snyder ln l938 Speed of course remembers the tlme Mr Basy dumped the contents of the wastepaper basket over hrs head whlle we remember that Speed returned Mr Easy s compllrrent by returmng the favor Later ln the year we welcomed Herb Stan ton and Harve Hennessey ln our unlor Year our Class was glven added wexght by Ed Sanborn lm Balrd the Class barker Pete Hodshon the Class dare devil and Ed Stulb who returned after a year s absence Later ln the same year we welcomed ack Denton and Bob Safrln also l939 40s hlghlxghts were our umor Proms whlch were the first affalrs of thelr sort The dances were held ln the school gymnaslum to muslc by Eddie Hop that the Class mlght sustaln a financlal loss However we took ln more than enough money to cover the cost justlfymg our expectatlons of success We now entered our all important Senior year serlously accepting our added responsl bllltlCS and trylng to carry them to the credit of old C A We were expanded by these members Stew Boerner Dlck Charles Barney Cunnmgham ohansen Brud Vogel Blll Werner ack Loughrldge Harry lVlcDev1tt ack Roper Sleepy Tutt and oe Ade Other members of the Semor Class are Bud Honeysett Ross Ruggle and john Welply The Senlor Prom was a magnlflcent success havlng been attended by the largest number of alumnl that has been for some time All who were present commented upon the band CCeorge Sommers and the decoratxons An excellent prelude to the dance was the dinner glven by Frank FflCk for the entlre Class Another successful affair was the annual Belfry Club productlon Molleres The lmaglnary Invalid havlng been presented ln retrospect we reallze that there has been an unusual reoccurrence ln our hrstory All through the years as we have made our cllmb towards graduation we have had all the new teachers The first was lVl1ss Kerlxn ln Fourth Prlmary Then ln the Third Form lntermedlate we had lVlr Lewls On enterlng the Upper School we have been taught by lVlr Burrall Mr Keyser Mr lVlcNeary and lVlr enkmson ln that order We do not regret this and we are grateful to each of these new teachers So we close these pages of thls our Class Hlstory havlng commented upon only a few of the hugh spots of our thlrteen years at Germantown Academy GEORGE P DARROW III C Douc1.Ass FORD 47 n . 4 fl . il u - n ' - - , ' ll 17 i L . ' ' ' , C D . . . . l - l ' I rc xr , . . l . 1 J , : , - : , , . . , J . - SI , kinson's orchestra. Permission for the dance was most difbcult to secure, as it was feared I v - y .. ,, . ' ...Joes J u .. ,, :D - I. U . . ' . V

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CLASS ORATION ITH the greater part of the ClVlllZCd world m chaos we are forced to reflect upon the causes for thls bloodshed and destructlon Although at fnrst glance we max say that the desire for natural wealth preclpltated the trouble we are not yet satlsfied that thls IS the true answer Must there not be some great fundamental prlnclple 1nvolved3 The answer IS afflrmatlve for a great moral truth has been defied This truth can be t be expressed by the words of our Greatest Educator Who sald Thou Shalt love thy nelghbor If all the natlons of today consulted thls slmple rule for human relationship how could Stflfe such as now CXlStS contlnue3 LOVlHg our fellowman how could we permlt such ruth less and unnecessary loss of thelr l1ves5 Therefore the answer to our problem re ts 1n a greater spmt of understanding and cooperatxon between the natlons of the world l..lVlIlg m such a spmt the natlons leaders would hesxtate to annex forclbly some other unwnllmg people to thelr own but would allay their grlevances through more sane and respectable methods When we read a statement such as Mr Churchlll s m whlch he recently sald The Brltlsh Expedltlonary Force mfllcted casualtles on the Germans that were many trmes the three thousand kllled and wounded suffered by the lmperlal forces we are greatly alarmed at the hardened attltude whlch has become commonplace today Whlle we probably cannot blame Mr Churchill who at the present tlme IS unable to consider moral obllgatlons we are stlll amazed at the prevalllng lnhuman fe llng If Mr Churchlll IS unable to conslder these thmgs we ln Amerlca are able to do so XVC are stlll fortunate enough to view this tltanlc struggle much as a spectator seelng a traglc play whlch we are able to analyze scene by scene We can see that lt resembles the old Ellzabethan tragedy ln that we find the leadlng characters strugglmg agalnst a super human force thls tlme a struggle of rlght agalnst wrong and we hope that when the fifth act has been reached the gods must agam be vlctorlous However thls play dxffers from the old tragedres In that the end must be a joyous one for the sake of human welfare This end can be reached only lf the people of the world wlll turn to thelr conscxences for the consclence of every man must tell hum that war IS wrong and that man s sense of values has been entlrely Jumbled Such materlal thmgs as those for whlch we are prone to Frght are ln truth not the xmportant thmgs of llfe Therefore our descendants will wonder for what reason we should have left that red blotch whlch stalns the pages of the hrstory of our era It may be that the world IS movmg so rapidly that morallty has been trampled under foot but the day must come when there wlll be a period of calm and pea e n whlch murder and destruct on cannot exlst To hasten the arrlval at this perlod our natlon must take the lead lnstllllng by its actlons a Splflt of cooperatlon ln the heart of every man upon the earth and ln so dolng our youth must be shown that they can llve most profitablv ln a world where peop e work as a umt rather than ln one where they work ln greedy and CgOtlStlCal groups As we slt here tonight ln our flnal meetmg before becomlng graduates of the Academy we ponder thls problem ln every prevxous crlsls whlch Amerlca has faced slnce the found mg of our school ID U60 Germantown Academy graduates have played an honored and an honorable role Yet these crlses have wasted maternal and destroyed men wlthou procurmg humamty s permanent welfare ls future hlstory to be a slmllar record3 Tr vou my classmates and to all other graduates of the year l94l l present thus challenge let us be leaders of a new xnternatlonal order based upon the welfare of all p ople IH thls world W LAWRENCE CAHALL -I 49 y , - y . - rr Q V -f y r - u v . , - . , 3 y .,. . . ,,. .. .. . . . . . . ,, , - v ra 1 V . . , . - . 1 , 1 v - 1 f v . . . , - v f v ' o Y A - V . .1 . .. . ' v , . Q e . ,R.